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GEOFF TATE: ‘There Wasn’t A Progressive Metal Genre Before’ QUEENSRŸCHE
Geoff Tate was asked in a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio how crucial QUEENSRŸCHE was in pioneering the progressive metal genre. He responded: “Well, I’ll put it this way: there wasn’t a progressive metal genre before us. How about that? [Laughs] Actually, I’m kind of against genres. I’ve never been a fan of genrefication or putting artists’ music into little boxes. It really has only one purpose, and that’s to sell it, you know? The danger of putting a band or an artist in a box like that is that fans get expectations based upon that little box. And oftentimes, if you step outside that box or put your toe outside that box, you get massively criticized, and it’s not accepted, because ‘that’s not progressive met...
DEE SNIDER And SEBASTIAN BACH Urge Gun Control Reform After Colorado Shooting Massacre
Dee Snider and Sebastian Bach have called on politicians to address gun violence in America after a string of mass shootings in the past week, including one that killed 10 people in Colorado. On Monday evening, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, killing 10 people, including one police officer. Less than a week earlier, a gunman opened fire on local businesses in the Atlanta area, killing eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent. On Tuesday (March 23), Snider took to his Twitter to respond to a four-week-old tweet from staunch Second Amendment supporter Lauren Boebert, who represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, in which she wrote: “The people who think we need more gun control are the same people who think the ‘AR’ in ‘A...
NBA YoungBoy Arrested By Feds, Tracked Down With K-9
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty The Feds wanted to be sure they locked up NBA YoungBoy. The rapper was arrested after reportedly getting tracked down by a K-9 after he attempted to escape capture, allegedly. TMZ reports that Youngboy is now in FBI custody, but not before he tried to flee the scene after getting pulled over by LAPD on Monday (March 23). According to the authorities, there was a federal warrant for the rapper’s arrests. The feds and the LAPD tried to pull over the vehicle YoungBoy was travelling in but reportedly there was a short pursuit instead. When the car did finally stop, NBA YoungBoy tried to make a run for it on foot. Bruh… Apparently, YoungBoy didn’t get very far. The feds were able to set up a perimeter, and the K-9 unit sniffed the rapper out....
Amazon’s ‘Them’ Trailer Sees Racists Turn To Dark Forces To Harass A Black Family
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Amazon Studios / Amazon Ever since Jordan Peele blew up the spot with cult classic horror movies like Get Out and Us, the culture has had an appetite for Black-influenced horror stories as they’re more relatable and ultimately more entertaining than anything we’ve experienced in decades. Amazon must’ve got the memo because this April Amazon Prime will be premiering a new terror anthology, Them, which is 10-episode series centered around a Black family who move to an all-white neighborhood in North Carolina during The Great Migration of the 1950’s. Seemingly normal at first, the Black family of four finds themselves not just dealing with everyday racism in the south, but supernatural racism in the Tar Heel State. Y’all know when white folk turn...
Dagrin’s duet partner Lala passes on
A Nigerian music star, Alayande Lola Oladapo Quam, better known as Lala, is dead. Lala became popular following his released hit single, “Idi Nla,” which featured the late rapper, Dagrin, in a duet by the duo. According to a Facebook post by his brother, Alayande Tunde Adisa, Lala died on Tuesday. Adisa, however, didn’t disclose the cause of his death. Lala was a graduate of Project Management at Lagos State University. He also obtained his Master’s degree from the same institution. The death of the singer is coming just a few weeks after the death of music producer, Dokta Frabs, who produced “Idi Nla.” Get more stories like this on Twitter You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. G...
Iyke Davids – Winner Medley (Music + Video)
Here’s a brand-new song from Iyke Davids – Winner Medley (Music + Video). Gospel praise and worship leader, Iyke Davids returns with this fantastic praise medley he titles “Winner Medley”. As medleys usually go, this one features a mix of various praise songs starting from the original one done by the praise singer himself and then the energy graduates to a variation of other beautiful hot praise jams. Iyke Davids wasn’t alone in this praise medley as he teams up with the Equation1 Gospel Music Band to further make this piece richer and more melodious. The visuals was shot outdoors and features some impressive joyful performances by the entire team involved. The song is produced by Equation1band, sequenced and co-produced by @official_joewyte, while the mixing and ...
Stone Temple Pilots’ Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop Remains a Prized Relic of the Grunge Era
In the 1992 comedy Wayne’s World, titular protagonist and lay philosopher Wayne Campbell tells his best friend and hockey partner, Garth Algar, “Led Zeppelin didn’t write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees.” Apply that sage wisdom to the hard rock landscape of the mid-1990s, and you can make a convincing case for Stone Temple Pilots being their generation’s Led Zeppelin while the Bee Gees in this case were, well, any of the myriad contemporary grunge titans that critics accused STP of mimicking. Just as critics learned to worship Jimmy Page’s monolithic riffing and Robert Plant’s banshee wail, they slowly came around to Stone Temple Pilots’ effortless pop savvy and staggering musicality on their third album, Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, which turns 2...
Evanescence’s Amy Lee on The Bitter Truth, Billie Eilish, and More
Evanescence’s Amy Lee. photo by Nick Fancher Amy Lee is one of the most influential women in rock music, having broken down barriers at the start of the 21st century. As the lead vocalist and chief songwriter for hard rockers Evanescence, Lee emerged at a time when women were scarcely heard on mainstream rock radio. Now, Evanescence are back with The Bitter Truth, the band’s first album of brand-new music in 10 years. Following their orchestral Synthesis release and world tour with a full orchestra, The Bitter Truth finds Evanescence getting back to their hard rock roots with blistering guitars and pounding rhythms. With The Bitter Truth set for release this Friday (March 26th), Evanescence have already released a string of singles from the effort, including the empowering song “Use ...
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Has Lost Nearly 50% of Its Audience Since “Toxic” Workplace Scandal
Last year, The Ellen DeGeneres Show came under massive scrutiny after allegations of a “toxic” work culture surfaced. WarnerMedia investigated the claims, Degeneres wrote a letter to her staff apologizing for her supposed ignorance, and three high-up executive producers “parted ways” for good. Following a multi-month hiatus, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has finally returned to TV only to discover that its viewership has taken a huge nosedive. Over 110 episodes have aired since Season 18 kicked off in September 2020, and Ellen DeGeneres has spent them interviewing the biggest names in pop culture, as is normal for the series. According to The New York Times, however, these new episodes have drawn an average of 1.5 million viewers over the past six months — a 43% drop compared to the 2.6 million...
R.I.P. George Segal, Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs Actor Dead at 87
George Segal, the veteran actor who starred in countless movies and TV shows including Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs, has died at 87. He passed away due to complications from bypass surgery in Santa Rosa, California, reports Variety. Born in Great Neck, New York in 1934 to a Jewish family, Segal quickly fell in love with acting after seeing Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire when he was nine years old. He spent his free time playing banjo and watching movies in high school before leaving for Haverford College. Segal then earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1955 and briefly served in the US Army. After landing a job as an understudy in a Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh, Segal started securing sporadic roles in a handful of ’60s TV shows and ca...
SKID ROW Guitarist: ‘People Realize, Maybe More So Now Than Ever, How Much Of A Role Music Plays In Our Everyday Lives’
SKID ROW guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo spoke to Andertons Music Co about how he has been using the coronavirus downtime to stay creative. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Rachel [Bolan, SKID ROW bassist] and I work best when we’re in a room together. It’s all we’ve ever done; we’ve always done it in a room together. So we’ve done a couple of things over Zoom, and a couple of good things have come out of it. But it’s just so foreign — it’s foreign to everybody. You just make the most with what you have. And so we’ll continue to do more, just to be creative and productive. “I’ve gotta tell you, man — we played our last show last March, and it’s heartbreaking; it’s really, really heartbreakin...
STEPHEN PEARCY: ‘I Won’t Do Another RATT Record Unless It’s With The Original Guys’
During an appearance on today’s (Tuesday, March 23) episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, Stephen Pearcy confirmed that he is open to the idea of making a new RATT album with all the surviving members of the band’s classic lineup. “I put the feelers out [a couple of months ago] and addressed the situation, and I’m sticking to what I think would be a great thing,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It if happens, who knows? It’d be great. But I won’t do another RATT record — no. Not unless it’s the original guys. No way. There’s no reason. We’ve already tried that. We got close, but no cigar. “I would love for the guys [to get back together], if everybody can get their foot...
